Over 200,000 Patent Applications in 2001

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Over 200,000 Patent Applications in 2001

There were 203,582 domestic and overseas patent applications in China last year, an annual increase of 19.3 percent, with 114,252 patents authorized, up 8.5 percent. Significant progress was made in scientific research and development (R&D) activities and in the application of the results. By the end of 2001, China had 28.87 million professionals and technicians working in state-owned enterprises and institutions.

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Patent applications increasing

There were 203,582 domestic and overseas patent applications in China last year, an annual increase of 19.3 percent, with 114,252 patents authorized, up 8.5 percent.

In 2001, 240,000 contracts on the transfer of technology were signed, with a transactional value of 80 billion yuan (about US$10 billion), up 23 percent on the previous year, according to the Statistical Communique of China on the 2001 National Economic and Social Development issued Thursday.

Significant progress in R&D

Significant progress was made in scientific research and development (R&D) activities and in the application of the results. By the end of 2001, China had 28.87 million professionals and technicians working in state-owned enterprises and institutions.

A total of 930,000 person-years were spent in R&D activities, including 700,000 person-years put in by scientists and engineers.

Last year, the expenditure on R&D for the whole country reached 96 billion yuan, up 7.1 percent over the previous year. The state organized 647 key technical innovation projects and 1,329 key pilot production projects for new products.

There were increased enrollments at all levels of education, including 7.19 million undergraduate student enrollments in general universities in China, of which 2.68 million were new entrants, an increase of 480,000.

Chinese People's Patent Sense Encouraged

China's accession to World Trade Organization (WTO) brings a sense of urgency for Chinese to improve awareness of intellectual property and patent, said Tian Lipu, deputy director of State Intellectual Property Office on the Eighth China Yangling Agricultural Hi-tech Fair early November in northwest China's Shaanxi Province.

A lot of foreign-funded companies will apply for patent registration and open more business in China's post-WTO market, which will challenge Chinese enterprises since their awareness of patent application is so weak, he said. >>details

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